5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Dow Chemical

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Dow Chemical's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Dow Chemical facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Midland, Michigan (1897)
Market Cap	$31.69 billion
Industry	Diversified Chemicals
TTM Revenue	$59.02 billion
Management	CEO Andrew Liveris (since 2004), CFO Geoffery Merszei (since 2005)
Return on Capital (average last three years)	20.23%
Competitors	DuPont (NYSE: DD), Monsanto (NYSE: MON)
CAPS members bullish on DOW also bullish on	General Electric (NYSE: GE), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)
CAPS members bearish on DOW also bearish on	Ford Motor (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, fully 358 of 375 of the All-Star members who have rated Dow Chemical -- some 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include choppaz4life and saxonglass, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

Last month, choppaz4life noted that Dow Chemical is a "Long term winner with a decent strong dividend. Like it or not chemicals are in and on and make up almost everything we touch on any given day."

In a pitch in February, saxonglass shares that bullish sentiment, highlighting the stock as a rather unnoticed restructuring play:

I'm not sure people realize the fundamental change that has occurred in [Dow Chemical]'s business model. Several joint venture companies have been formed and virtually every one will provide [Dow Chemical] with distinct advantages relative to raw materials and markets. The Saudi JV provides a stable, low cost supply of petro. The JV in Brazil with a stable raw material for many plastic products. [Dow Chemical] should be less cyclical than in the past.

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